SANTA CLARA COUNTY / Eyewitnesses Sought To Graffiti at Synagogue

Published 4:00 am, Thursday, January 6, 2000

San Jose -- Police are searching for witnesses to the vandalism of a synagogue Tuesday morning.

Investigators believe the anti-Semitic graffiti, which included a swastika, were spray-painted on Temple Emanu-El in the early morning, said Rubens Dalaison, a San Jose Police Department spokesman.

A neighbor who lives across the street from the temple at 1010 University Ave. noticed the graffiti and contacted police at 9:05 a.m., Dalaison said.

Police have no suspects, according to Sgt. Dave Hober, who said he has asked for help with the case from the FBI, as the department does with most hate crimes. He said neighbors of the synagogue believe the graffiti spraying is an isolated incident.